click image for close-up In 1838 and 1839 ... to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects.

Little River Canyon National Preserve was where in 1838, 1,100 members of the Cherokee, Muskogee, and Creek passed through.

John Benge detachment of the Cherokee Trail of Tears. Benge, a Cherokee court judge ... They started Sept. 28, 1838. The group followed the Southwest Trail, and, in January 1839, arrived in ...

As the 1838 deadline for removal approached ... Visitors to the museum can also see the exhibition Trail of Tears: The Story of Cherokee Removal, produced by the Cherokee Nation.

Three stops along the Georgia section of the Trail of Tears, a National Park Service site that documents the Cherokee journey, will dispel any ignorance about their distinctive history.

Across the Cherokee Nation in the spring of 1838, its farmers tilled their fields and planted ... “All went through their own versions of the Trail of Tears,” said Norris. Each summer, students from ...

The longest-running Native American art show and competition in Oklahoma is seeking artwork for its upcoming spring event.

that is to say — during the fall of 1838, I believe, was when they moved all those Cherokee Indians, they had that forced march, thousands died. It was the so-called Trail of Tears. And that is ...

In 1838, Scott led a force of 7,000 men that forcibly removed the Cherokee Indians from their lands in Georgia. The removal, which became known as the Trail of Tears, was a nightmare for the ...

The longest-running Native American art show and competition is seeking artwork for its spring event. The 54th annual Trail of Tears Art Show will be presented April 5-May 10 in ...